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Most People are Good

One Frugal Girl — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 20:59:05 +0000

After my last post I received a bunch of emails from long time readers asking about our desire to provide items to guests. “Why would you fill your house with nice things?,” one reader asked. As I mentioned before we try to provide a happy, fun, easy atmosphere for our guests. We know that most ... Read more

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Stolen!!!

One Frugal Girl — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 21:43:54 +0000

This year was not a stellar rental season for us. We received five bookings rather than the ten to twelve we’ve come to expect each summer. The rental company provided a bunch of excuses for the lack of bookings. Among which were “school let out late due to snow” and the “fourth of July fell ... Read more

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My Beach House: An Owner for Ten Years

One Frugal Girl — Fri, 29 May 2015 20:14:22 +0000

Ten years ago this week I spotted a cute, little, yellow beach house and made an offer on it. My husband and I spent a day weighing the decision and ultimately decided it made a whole lot of sense to purchase a second property. If I could go back in time I would definitely buy ... Read more

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An Alternative to High Rental Management Commissions

One Frugal Girl — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:00:11 +0000

Owning a second home is unbelievably expensive. To learn more about common rental expenses check out any of the links below: The Real Cost of Owning a Vacation Rental Home Decisions to Consider Before Buying a Vacation Rental Home If I Could Do It All Over Again Would I Still Buy My Beach Home? Spending ... Read more

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Owning A Vacation Rental Home: Feel Free to Ask Me Edition

One Frugal Girl — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:08:45 +0000

Over the years I’ve received a lot of questions about owning a vacation rental home in a beach community. I’ve written about my house numerous times and received lots of emails over the years asking about the property we purchased. I try to answer these questions individually as the need arises, but I thought it ... Read more

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Where Can I Buy Inexpensive DVDs and Blu-ray Movies?

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:00:06 +0000

I like the guests in our beach house to feel at home. While you hope for sunny days every day of the rental season you know that a few rainy days will creep in to someone’s vacation. In an effort to ease the blues that often go along with a gloomy day I’ve stocked two ... Read more

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Debt. To the Tune of $600,000.

One Frugal Girl — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:34:20 +0000

I’d like to say I don’t have any debt, but for now my desire and reality are not one and the same. $600,000 is an enormous amount of money and it’s roughly how much I currently owe. In fact, it’s such a large sum that it’s difficult to wrap my head around. How on earth ... Read more

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$300 in Less than 3 Hours

One Frugal Girl — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:15:00 +0000

Have you ever had one of those days when you run from store to store with a long list of items that seems to get longer and longer by the minute? Well Saturday was that day for me. My husband and I hit a total of 11 stores and restaurants in a three hour period ... Read more

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A Coat of Paint Makes Everything Better

One Frugal Girl — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:55:00 +0000

My husband and I have debated a kitchen remodeling project in our beach house for ages. While the current configuration works pretty well for us, the cabinets and countertop are original to the house, which was constructed in 1977. We’ve considered replacing the cabinets and reconfiguring the layout, but it would probably cost us at ... Read more

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Beds on the Brain

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:40:00 +0000

Last week’s phone call got me thinking about replacing some of the beds in my beach home. I’d like to replace two twin mattresses with two full beds, so renters and guests will have a little more room to spread out. I measured the room on Monday morning and I’m pretty sure the larger beds ... Read more

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